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. 1999 Dec;29(6):1557-8.
doi: 10.1086/313562.

Old Testament biblical references to tuberculosis

V S Daniel  1 , T M Daniel
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Old Testament biblical references to tuberculosis

V S Daniel et al. Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Dec.

Abstract

Two probable references to tuberculosis are found in Old Testament books of the Bible dating to a time when the Israelites lived in Egypt, which is known from archeological evidence to be an area where tuberculosis was then prevalent. Other putative biblical references to tuberculosis are less credible.

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